Assessment Security and How To Reduce Fraud
My job role involves me in all sorts of conversations about which assessments are appropriate for which measurement or learning outcome, and these conversations feed my passion to learn and explain...
View ArticleOversight, Monitoring and Delivery of Higher Stakes Assessments Safely and...
When looking at assessment security it is important not to be scared of ghosts but to evaluate the risks and threats. When these have been identified, life becomes simpler and less expensive! I have...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislates Against Subversion Of Exams
Thank you Minnesota for your new law that establishes thirteen examples of what constitutes "examination subversion practice". These examples are aligned with the article on the Oversight, Monitoring...
View ArticleUsing iPads For Mobile Test Centers
Increasingly we see the use of mobile devices to set up and run mobile test centers due to them being reliable, portable, tamperproof, light weight and low cost with a long battery life. Delivering...
View Article25 Worst Passwords
Many IT security holes exit due to poor passwords. To help promote understanding SplashData created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Here is the complete...
View ArticleCNN Report on Doctors cheating on exams
Highlights of CNN investigation: American Board of Radiology: Doctors "cheating" on tests Test takers share questions from previous exams to study for tests Some doctors say it’s not cheating Except:...
View ArticleGlobal Cloud Computing Scorecard
The BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard ranks 24 countries (80 percent of the global ICT market) based on seven policy categories that measure the countries’ preparedness to support the growth of...
View ArticleChronology of Data Breaches from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Part of my role, as CEO of Questionmark, is to ensure that we provide the highest level of security for assessments authored and deployed using our systems. This provides me with a set of painstaking,...
View ArticleFTC Fines Software Maker over False Data Encryption Claims
One of my pet peeves in the SaaS industry is when vendors that make false claims about their conformance to security requirements and it was encouraging to read this article where the Federal Trade...
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